Philip Morris International Hiring for Sr Packaging Engineer – Pack. CoE P&C Izmir, Turkey Operations Job at İzmir Full Time

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

The Operations function, thanks to its global scale and work towards innovation, is playing a meaningful role in PMI’s business transformation. Our mission is to produce and deliver products to our markets and into the hands of our consumers in a sustainable way! Operations is at the center of a powerful triangle of deep consumer connection, product innovation and executional excellence.

Specifically for our Packaging team within Izmir, Turkey, we are looking for a (Sr) Packaging Engineer – Pack CoE (Printing and Converting). Within this role, you will take functional leadership for all stages of project-based packaging development, including planning, de-risking, accurate and timely information and technical insight to the teams, partners, markets, and functions to ensure optimal decision-making.

Key tasks include but are not limited to:

• Achieve results by applying a strong level of technical competence as a specialist in the design, development, control or/and the implementation of complex packaging and process quality practices where few known precedents exist, and apply sound engineering solutions to meet the PMI technical and business needs.
• Lead complex projects by using project management tools (PBO). Ensuring that complete documentation of relevant project information such as plans, budget and resource requirements is available, and timely communicate project phase updates to all relevant parties, to guarantee streamlined communication flow, easier decision making and to maintain principles along the project life cycle.
• Supply and implement department’s innovation, sustainability and productivity (ISP) strategies ensuring performance, quality, compliance, consumer and commercial requirements are aligned and integrated to the departmental strategy.
• Sustain an innovative and consumer centric culture, to develop new products, processes, and systems. With a high level of engagement and strategic partnership on departmental priorities with internal and external parties, assuring technical feasibility according to PMI requirements.
• Anticipate future trends in packaging and stay ahead of consumer, technology, competitive insights and industrial developments, ensuring alignment with key strategic KPI’s. Enabling a robust and timely IP strategy for key projects and programs and conduct active competitive and industry analysis in accordance with strategic requirements.
• Contribute to departmental planning and accountable for delivering strategic KPI’s. Delivering accurate and timely budget preparation for their projects and report spend vs budget.
• Contribute to long-term business sustainability programs including continuous improvement to optimize the team’s ways of working and enable greater organizational agility and performance improvement efforts. Support processes analysis to optimize and enhance service quality.
• Ensure projects and programs are conducted in line with PMI Compliance Policies, Ensuring that activities relating to these policies are fully respected, integrated and understood by partners, and implement adequate processes to ensure the safe guard of information of a confidential nature.

We are looking for someone with:

• Engineering / Science Degree or bachelor degree with focus on Packaging.
• >8 years experience in tobacco or consumer goods industry with professional know-how and exposure to printing/packaging development and project management.
• Functional expertise required in line with functional scope
• Experience in leading a team for 2-3 years would be ideal
• Good command of English is a must
• Collaboration, Agility and Entrepreneurship

Other skills / function specifics:

PREFERRED: Experience in the Tobacco industry / Packaging (graphics, pre/press, printing and converting) / qualification process / PD systems /product scientific knowledge / IP /regulatory requirements /expertise in relevant science (technical expertise in specific area) /international business processes & practices / market and operations understanding and influencing / project management experience / analytical skills / material science and material manufacturing process (paper making, flexible materials) / initiative management / format and material development / experience in injection molding is a plus.

What we offer:

Our success depends on every colleague who comes to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore. Be part of an expansive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.

Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress

Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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